SQL in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

Acknowledgments

We’d like to take a moment to thank a few special individuals at O’Reilly Media. First, we owe a huge debt of gratitude to Jonathan Gennick, the editor of the second edition. Jonathan kept us on track and on task, even when the cares of this world threatened to derail the project. Jonathan’s attention to detail and exceptional management skills, in addition to his talents as an editor, are the reason this book is here today. Thank you! And of course, thanks to Tim O’Reilly for having a direct hand in the birth of this book.

We also owe a debt to our fine technical reviewers. To Peter Gulutzan (SQL Standard), Thomas Lockhart (PostgreSQL), Alan Beaulieu (Oracle), Baya Pavliachvili (Microsoft SQL Server), Bobby Fielding (DB2), Doug Doole (DB2), Rick Swagerman (DB2), Josh Stellan (DB2), Brian Lalonde (Database Programming), John Haydu (Oracle, Phani Arega (Oracle), and Paul DuBois (MySQL): we owe you a hearty thanks! Your contributions have greatly improved the accuracy, readability, and value of this book. Without you, our sections on each of the language extensions would have been on shaky ground. In addition, we’d like to tip our hat to Peter Gulutzan and Trudy Pelzer for their book SQL-99 Complete, Really!, which assisted our understanding of the ANSI SQL2003 standards.